ViscountCharles

Great guys, and had a sense of humour when they tried to charge a credit card of mine when it had expired in between my giving them its details and their being able to process my order.

Section 24 of the Firearms Act makes it illegal to "part with the possession of an air weapon ... to a person under the age of seventeen", unless the u17 is allowed to be in possession under section 23. Section 23 allows the under-aged to be in possession "while under the supervision of a person over the age of 21 ... or ... while a member of an approved rifle club (the approval coming from the Secretary of State)". There are other, non-applicable defences. No airsoft site has the Sectretary of State's approval AFAIK. However, at skirmish sites you have the defence of "being of or over

Not specifically "airsoft", but in the case of DPP v Street a 0.5J Webley pistol was held to be an air weapon. The Judge (one of the most senior and respected Judges of the High Court, BTW) took the view that as the Firearms Act didn't define "air weapon" with reference to anything other than the specially dangerous provisions, an item that looked like a gun, had a barrel, and spat out pellets due to the action of air compressed by a spring, was indeed an air weapon. Although this wasn't the central issue in the case, it would be considered a binding ruling unless overturned by either the Co